Combined water purifier and elevator.



Patented Oct. 24, I899. .1. w. HAMMETT. COMBINED WATER PURIFIER ANDELEVATOR.

(Application filed Apr. 11, 1895.

(No Model.)

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COMBINED WATER PURIFIER AND ELEVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 635,682, dated October24, 1899.

Application filed April 11, 1898.

T0 coZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES W. HAMMETT, re siding at Eureka, in the countyof Pleasants and State of West Virginia, have invented a new andImproved Combined Water Purifier and Elevator,of which the following isa specification.

This invention, which relates to power or manually operatingwater'purifying and elevating means, comprehendsa novel and sim pleconstruction and arrangement of parts which can be readily adjusted toadapt the mechanism for use as an agitating or purifying means or as awater drawer or elevator and which numbers among its characteristicfeatures simplicity of construction, durability, ease of operation, andgeneral effectiveness in use.

My invention embodies a suitable curb or stock frame, a drive-shaftjournaled therein, and crank-operated drive-gear for continuouslyrotating such shaft in one direction, a loop-lift chain supportedthereon carrying a bucket at each end, one of which is loaded toovercome the weight of the other, a clutch mechanism for intermittentlybringing the chain into a fixed connection with the driveshaft to beelevated thereby, and an automatically-operated shifting means operatedat predetermined intervals by the weighted bucket, whereby during thecontinuous movement of the drive-shaft in one direction the weightedbucket will be elevated and the lighter bucket lowered by the shaft andsuch weighted bucket dropped back by gravity to serve as a counterpoiseto elevate the other or water-lifting bucket.

Another novel feature of this invention is the peculiar relation of thedrive-shaft, the clutch, its tripper devices, and the waterliftingbucket, whereby the several parts can be quickly adjusted to adapt themfor use as a water-elevator simply, the loaded bucket then acting as acounterpoise and the raising and lowering of the bucket effected by thecrank or other drivekpower.

In its subordinate features this invention comprises certain details ofconstruction and peculiar combination of parts, such as will be firstdescribed in detail and then specifically pointed out in the appendedclaims, reference being had to the accompany-ing draw ings, in whichFigure 1 is a perspective view of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a verticalsection of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan of the drive-shaft, chain-sheave,and the clutch devices. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.Fig. 5 is a detail view of the trip-block. Fig. 6 shows the partsarranged as a water-drawer. Fig. 7 is a transverse section on the line 77 of Fig. 6, the lift-bucket beng shown as discharging in the spout, thespout being also shown thrown back in dotted lines. Fig. 8 is a detailedView of one of the buckets.

In its details of construction my invention comprises a curb or stockframe 1, about six feet high and large enough in diameter to accommodate the weight or counterpoise bucket, hereinafter referred to. Atthe upper end of the curb is journaled a drive-shaft 2, which when theimprovement is used solely as a pnrifier is continuously rotated in thesame direction by hand or other draft-power. In the drawings the shaftis shown as having a chainwheel 3 to receive the drive-chain 4, passedover and driven from the chain-wheel 5 on the crank-operated shaft 5.

On the shaft 2 is loosely mounted what I term the lift and supportingsheave 6, which has a clutch-face 6, adapted to be engaged by thesliding clutch 7, having a feather to engage the spline on thedrive-shaft and normally held in a clutch engagement with the sheave 6by a suitable spring 8, it also having an annular groove'd boss 9, withwhich the shifting device engages.

The clutch-shifting device consists of a longlongitudinally-reciprocating rod 10, which passes up into the curb, theupper end of which is forked, as at 10 and held to slide in theguide-groove 1O at the upper end of the curb and adapted when elevatedto engage the boss 9 and shove the clutch 7 sidewise on the shaft 2 outof gear with the sheave 6. The lower end of the rod 10 is pivotallyjoined on the rocker trip-block 12, pivotally and detachably connectedto the pendent lug 11 on the bottom of the curb, such block having itsopposing ends bifurcated, as at 13 13 for the free passage of the endsof the liftchain 14. The chain 14, which is a loop hung pendent from thesheave 6, has a bucket at each end, one of such buckets 15 having asolid bottom and perforations 15 near the bottom for the free ingressand egress of the water. In practice the bucket 15 is partially filledwith broken stones for the double purpose of giving it sufficient weightto serve as a counterpoise and to allow the water to break as it passesover the stones, when the bucket sinks and rushes over the top, and alsowhen the bucket is withdrawn, as it empties itself by running out of theperforations 15, thereby creating a miniature shower which helps topurify the water. The bucket 15 has a bail 15", provided with a centralaperture forming a passage for the lower end of the lift-chain, and thebucket is adjustably secured to the same by a split ring 15, adapted toengage any one of the links and arranged beneath the bail 15 to supportthe same, it being obvious that the surplus end of the chain can hang inthe bucket. The bucket 16, which is connected to the other end of thechain, has central discharge-apertures 16 in its bottom, which openthrough a valve-seat 16*, on which is normally held a heavy Valve 17,having a central bolt 17, which passes down through the bottom of thebucket and has a head 17 to limit its upward movement, the other end ofthe bolt being suitably secured to the valve 17 by the nut and washer,as shown. This valve when the parts are arranged as a water-purifyingmeans is held closed by gravity, augmented by the weight of the waterwithin the bucket, and such bucket has its bottom also provided withsupplemental openings 17 for the escape of the water when the mechanismis used as a water-purifying means, such openings 17 being plugged whenthe bucket 17 is used as an elevator, as will presently more fullyappear.

So far as described it will be readily apparent that when the parts areso set that the bucket rises high enough to engage the trip-block, theclutch-shifter will be moved to disengage the clutch from the sheave 6,which as it is thus released from the shaft freely turns thereon, and inconsequence the weight-bucket 15 drops back into the water, and as itthus elevates the other bucket 17 the water in such bucket 17 flows outthrough the supplemental openings, and as it rises above the water-linein a spray or stream serves to agitate the water and in consequencepurifying the same, it being understood the weightbucket through themedium of its discharging streams on the rise thereof and the influx ofwater over the stones therein as it sinks also materially aids inagitating and purifying the water. After the sheave 6 has been released,as stated, the bucket 16 is raised until it engages the trip-block, whenthe clutch device will again be moved to lock'thesheave 6 to the shaft,and as it is so adjusted it will again immediately lift the bucket 15,which operation is repeated ad i'nfim'tum.

To use my improvement as a waterdrawer or elevator, the trip-block isremoved and the shift-rod turned out of engagement with the clutchdevice and made secure to the curb or removed entirely. The chain isthen reciprocated by the alternate operations of the crank shaft. \Vhenthus arranged, the waterbueket 17 (which at this time has itssupplemental opening plug)can be raised up through the base portion 1 ofthe curb, the spout 18, which normally covers such portion, being tiltedback to the position in dotted lines on the drawings, and as it is thuselevated the spout is closed down, and by resting the bucket 17 thereonits valve-head in engaging the spout will move the valve up and un'cover the outlets to admit of the discharge of the contents of suchbucket. When thus used, the counterpoise-bucket can by short ening thechain be arranged so as to travel within the curb, as illustrated inFig. (3 of the drawings, sufficiently to permit the bucket 16 to havethe necessary vertical movement, and the spout 18 is so constructed thatit will not clog up with ice, its pivoted bearings being slotted, as at18, whereby to provide slidehinged connections, so that the flange 18will abut the curb-base member 1, and the pivots will drop in the slotsbelow the top of the same in such manner as to support the spout in itstilted position.

To stop the bucket in its proper position as it is elevated, the chainhas a ball which engages a projecting portion at the top of the curb.

By arranging the several parts as described and illustrated the same maybe used 011 wells, cisterns, springs, reservoir-tanks, and open ponds.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the class described; the combination of a verticalcurb, a shaft, a chain-sheave mounted on the shaft and having, a clutchmember, a chain arranged on the sheave and having a bucket at each end,a substantially horizontal trip-block pivotally mounted at the lower endof the curb and having its ends bifurcated to receive the chain, asliding clutch member mounted on the shaft and adapted to engage theclutch member of said sheave, and a rod arranged within and extendinglongitudinally of the curb and connected at its ends with the trip-blockand the sliding clutch member, and capable of longitudinal reciprocationto shift the latter, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a verticalcurb, a horizontal supporting-shaft, a chain-sheave mounted on the shaftand having a sliding clutch mem her, a crank-shaft, sprocket-gearingconnecting the shafts, a chain arranged on the sheave and having abucket at each end, a trip-block pivoted between its ends at the lowerend of the curb and having bifurcated ends receiving the chain, asliding clutch member arranged on the supporting-shaft, and a rodarranged within and extending longitudinally of the curb and pivoted atits ends to the trip-block and to the sliding clutch member said rodbeing capable of longitudinal reciprocation to shift the clutch member,substantially as described.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination of a curb havinga base member provided with an opening and having vertical slotsextending below its upper face, a hinged spout covering the opening andhaving pivots arranged in the said slots, said spout being provided witha projecting flan ge adapted to abut against the base member when thespout is raised and the pivots dropped to the bottom of the slots,whereby the spout is retained in an upright position, substantially asdescribed.

4. In a device of the class described the combination of a curb having alaterally-projecting base member provided with an opening, a spout orcover mounted on the base member, a chain-sheave mounted at the top ofthe curb, a chain arranged on the sheave with one run in the curb andtheother arranged on the exterior of the same and passing through the basemember at one side of the spout or cover, buckets arranged on the endsof the chain, and means for operating the latter, substantially asdescribed.

JAMES W. HAMMETT.

\Vitnesses:

R. A. UNDERWOOD, H. E. SMITH.

